National Civil Rights Museum: To get a $15 million tech upgrade and makeover. More from Fox13, WMC.

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: Members of the police community talk against the War on Drugs.

Memphis Charter Commission: One last meeting to close up shop.

Beale Street: Inspections are the new battleground in the fight for control of the entertainment district.

Foreclosure: A story from the Flyer about the problem and its extent in Shelby County.

Memphis Police Department: Parody Blue CRUSH t-shirts drawing anger.

Industrial Development Board: Among other actions, they recommend approval of Pinnacle Airlines‘ move to consolidate HQ in Memphis. More on the story from the Commercial Appeal.

TENNESSEE: Site Selection magazine labels state number two for business relocation. The state’s 2007 cotton crop was down 47%.

Smith & Nephew: Both net income and revenues rise in 3Q. More on S&N from the Daily News. Similar reporting from the CA.

Shelby County Election Commission: Absentee ballot counting still going on!

Methodist University Hospital: The robot pharmacist will see you now.

‘Predatory Lending’: City and County preparing to take action, including lawsuits.

Property Reappraisals: They are coming up and developer Jackie Welch says it’s “dark days.”

Forest Hill Funeral Home: Judge’s ruling keeps case in Memphis.

Lakeland: Board of Commissioners vote down Lakeland Commons.

Collierville: Downtown expansion approved.

Nashoba: Monument to honor early Germantown-area utopian community founder runs into controversy over wording.

HOPE Academy: Their Male Enrichment Program helps to turn boys into men.

Shelby County Clerk: An investigation in that office relating to stolen cars receiving tags improperly.

Alien Ink: Bartlett tattoo parlor celebrates ten years of ink.
 
 

Memphis City Schools: Homeless studentshave a harder time.

COGIC Convocation: Although overshadowed in local news by the Obama win, the saints are still in town. CA story on a special trip to Lexington, MS.

South Fayette Alliance: Group opposed to Rossville rail yard explains their opposition.

BUSINESS: Fred’s October sales slip; more from the CA. For GTx, sales soar but still losses; also, they outline their ‘drug pipeline’. Pinnacle Airlines 3Q net income off sharply; more from the CA. Specialist pharmacy Omni Healthcare acquired by Alabama group.

Via the Tri-State Defender, six things every job hunter should know. Friday’s CA People in Business.

A spike in the sales of home safes.

Tornado Season: November is the last peak month of the season.

MISSISSIPPI: Olive Branch Police Department faces excessive force lawsuit. DeSoto County Schools trying to figure out coming budget cuts. Mississippi Power Company may find financing forces a rate hike.

POLITICS: Current TN House Minority Leader Jason Mumpower predicts he’ll become new Speaker in January. More, and an interesting bit of history, from the Daily News. Governor and Lt. Governor say no sales tax cuts and no new taxes either, next year; interesting news on potential appointments, too.

Euro American Conference: David Duke playing coy about if and where he’ll continue his conference. More from Eyewitness News, WREG, WMC. and again and the CA.
 

University of Memphis: Fox13 report on school’s budget cuts.

The Chockley Blogs: George Bush will be remembered as an influential president … but not in that way.

BEEB: Proud for her country and a new business venture.

The Shelf Life: Mark Watson reviews This Land is Their Land, by Barbara Ehrenreich.

Too Lazy to Fail: A two-fer! Stop whining! And related thoughts on panic buying and NRA memberships.

Confessions of a West Tennessee Liberal: An epilogue on the Democratic party ballot guide flap.

Mediaverse: Memphis: Richard notes some new faces in the local news.

Commercial Appeal: Now that Republicans havea a majority in the State House, it’s time to go slow and work together with Democrats.

Brain Release Valve: A tale of a bizarre hiking tragedy from 1950’s Russia.

Long Tall Animals: An Obama victory party and then apartment hunting.

Complacencies of the Peignoir: The horrors of the Modern Langauge Association conference.

garage sale of ignorance: A brief comment on the Right.

Nancy Coffee: Support schools, parks and police.

Paul Ryburn: Random thoughts on Downtown happenings.

Smart City Memphis: They see AG Gibbon’s actions on the Germantown ballot case as a ’slap on the wrist’.